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The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed on July 20 that a district court properly excluded a key expert witness for a plaintiff who alleges he was injured by a saw.

The U.S. Marshals Service reports a major increase in the number of threats or inappropriate communications against federal judges and court staff, prompting federal legislation to protect them.

In this latest edition of Missouri Lawyers Media’s POWER LIST, we examine the most powerful attorneys in employment law.

The long drought of jury verdicts in civil cases is coming to an end.

Husch Blackwell has announced that it is acquiring its first offices in the New England region.

The Missouri Court of Appeals Eastern District has given a temporary reprieve to a veteran St. Louis County lawyer accused of cursing at a judge during a phone conference.

The Missouri Supreme Court on July 22 upheld Missouri voters’ decision to expand the state’s Medicaid system, even as they also affirmed lawmakers’ right to put as much or as little money into the system as they want.

Medical malpractice damage caps are here to stay, following a ruling from the Missouri Supreme Court on July 22.

The Missouri Supreme Court has reinstated the license of a St. Louis attorney who was suspended in 2019 for violating a rule prohibiting lawyers from having sexual relations with clients.

A Hermann police officer is entitled to qualified immunity on a claim of excessive force but not on a separate claim of unlawful arrest, a federal appeals court has ruled.

It took 136 years to raise a historical marker at the site of Levi Harrington’s brutal lynching by a white mob in Kansas City’s West Bottoms neighborhood — and less than 18 months for vandals to topple the historical marker from the sweeping bluffs overlooking West Terrace Park.